WTF does Nate Silver consider *normal* people? MAGAts? Reading his shit over the past decade would suggest that the āneo-patriotsā who assaulted the Capitol are his *normal people.*
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WTF does Nate Silver consider *normal* people? MAGAts? Reading his shit over the past decade would suggest that the āneo-patriotsā who assaulted the Capitol are his *normal people.*
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nationās public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
@espn.com can you please stop airing that god-awful Dodge commercial??!! #AIGoneBad
You can add this veteran to the tally. I never liked it, and I still donāt.
Col Lee was the only colonel of his cohort to join the treasonous rebellion---surprising even his family. The rest of his southern peers maintained their oaths to the Constitution and stayed in the U.S. Army. Contrary to his genteel facade, he was also a cruel slaver. Aka a piece of shit.
Absolutely, and sadly so. The analogy reminds me of one of my favorite shirt designs.
Good morning, Gunny!
Ha! We can always count on you guys! Thereās a better than average chance that sailors will revolt like the soldiers didā¦at least some of them. Iām sure orders will be issued threatening any that do.
I canāt wait to see how theyāre gonna float a multipurpose amphib into the Anacostia. And if he thinks the āmarching out of stepā was bad when the Army passed by, wait until he sees us! Ask any grad of the USNA about paradingā¦hint, it wasnāt our favorite activity.
Hang onto this image of CDC's full list of underlying conditions tied to severe risk of COVID. If you're an adult aged 18-64, RFK Jr. is now making you show some proof of one of these underlying conditions in order to get a COVID vaccine.
'Death toll will be unimaginable': Trump appointee called 'serial killer' after new move
Thank you! I had seen that and have shared it as well. It cannot be disseminated widely enough.
Was looking for the CDC resignation letters and found them here. Share everywhere.
*Dr. Daskalakis. Sorry, Demetre!
Dr. Daskinakisā letter underscores the cavalier approach to public health policy decision-making and the long term, potentially catastrophic consequences that will cascade from these actions. This is truly anti-Darwinian. This sentence stood out, among many that were sadly accurate.
The FDA has rescinded emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines. thehill.com/policy/healt...
I had the privilege to work in that building for 2 POTUSs (Bush 43 to Obama) and was humbled each time I walked into that suite (and the Oval in particular). It is heartbreaking to see it being treated with such disrespect and dishonor. Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama knew they were smaller than the office.
If for no other reason than to see this abomination returned to its former glory (and away from the Vegas brothel lounge) by tearing all this gilded shit down, I canāt wait for a Democrat to reclaim the office. No doubt a Republican would feel compelled to keep the tacky shit there.
read: too š¤Ŗ for me CDC Director Leaves Position Less Than A Month After Being Sworn In www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-di...
Ignorance isnāt harmless...it's a public health hazard. Missouriās kindergarten vaccination rate has dropped to 90%...below the 95% herd immunity threshold. Weāre not just vulnerable...weāre sweating. Dumb f*&^ing people. www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_n...
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
Accurate headline: FDA abandons science, makes medical approval decisions based on the whims of a brainwormed former heroin abuser.
And just yesterday, after collecting the last remaining shreds of self-respect from his cabinet, Trump lauded (rightly so) the biomedical, industrial and logistics success that delivered the COVID-19 vaccine. Now his anti-vaxx worm-brained HHS Sec leads the charge to deny it to the public. Morons.
I just canāt stop laughing when these insecure beta boys with their glaring inferiority complexes and lacking self-esteem make these Neanderthal comments. A *real man* has no problem sharing in an equal partnership with is wife, husband or significant other. Thatās Alpha confidence and security.
Apparently, neither did any of his professors at the Wharton School of Business.
More extortion and flag porn masturbation from the 5x draft dodger. And the neo-pats are gobbling it up.
Wharton School of Business must be proud.
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Youād never see one holding themself accountable for any mistakes. Shit, theyād deny any mistakes. It allows them to evade accountability. I donāt know how anyone who cares about competent leadership that will protect their asses when shit gets real can respect any of them.
Given what they did to John McCain, Max Cleland, John Kerry and others, Iām surprised it has taken them this long to attack an MoH recipient. Thereās no bottom for these neo-patriots.
The most insecure and ineffective Pentagon leadership team, in an Admin that will not tolerate dissent. Real leaders NEED unvarnished truth to meet mission objectives, mitigate risk, engender trust of subordinates and sleep at night. These neo-patriots endanger national security by acts like this.
With the countless cuts to the VA, this should come to the surprise of no one. The St. Charles County VA Clinic in Missouri is reducing its walk-in lab hours from Mon through Fri 8 am -4:30 pm to only Tues & Thurs 8:30 am-1 pm. 42.5 hours per week to 9 hours per week. Maga sure supports our troops.
While at sea in the Pacific, I guess I would have hopped on the COD back to HI, jumped on the regularly-scheduled secure comms flight back to CONUS, taken Space-A on a C-130 to the Little Rock AFB, then got an Uber to our house in order to vote in-person on Election Day. Simple! Luv-d-troops.
Do you remember a time when leaders wanted/needed the unvarnished truth from subordinates in order to effectively meet the mission objectives, mitigate risk, promote national security and sleep at night? I do. I miss those days. These neo-patriots are antithetical to vision in the Preamble.
WAPO: Hegseth just fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, for the crime of telling the truth about the failure of Trumpās attack on Iran: Iranās nuclear capabilities had been set back a few months, not the crushing victory claimed by Trump and Hegseth.
If you have no problem working a job that kidnaps mothers in front of kids, or women selling tamales, throwing pregnant women to the ground, dragging innocent people off to concentration camps, breaking laws, committing violence against bystanders, then you are reprehensible. In other words, ICE.
Kennedyās rejection of mRNA vaccines thwarts scientific progress ā and threatens national security. The technology is seen as a critical first-line tool in the event of bioterrorism. www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/k...
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The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wageā¦
This is great framing of 2 incredibly important ākitchen tableā issues. Inflation is rising on family staples, contrary to Mr. Trumpās *promises* on the campaign trail. And the immoral disregard for economic welfare of the working class who serve as the foundation of our society.
Iāve been married for 30 years and counting. Exactly zero affairs in that time. Guess Iām not doing that *good christian* thing correctlyš¤·š½āāļø
Up next, his Jimmy Swaggart āI have sinned against you, my Lordā moment.
I back large vehicles by braille. It works for me, but it isnāt necessarily for everyone.
The āChief Scientific Officerā from RFK Jr.ās fraudulent anti-vaccination organization contracted measles, traveled from Texas to California, and didnāt bother to tell anyone until much later. Anti-vaxxers are selfish and arrogant. They do not care about anyone but themselves and their grift.
Sadly true. Mike Lee, the senior Senator from Utah is an enemy of the NPS and our natural wonders. His vision for Utahās āBig Fiveā National Parks:
What did you do this time?
He may not even be nearly 90% approval among members of his family.
Probably followed closely by Matthew Kacsmaryk. It would require Thomas and Alito exit (or the passing of one of the other seven) at the end of the Courtās next session and before the midterms. Unless, of course, he and Congress decide to expand/pack the Court.
Good thing it wasnāt a Philipās head! Good to hear/read it wasnāt as bad as it could have been.
He āproudlyā proclaims heās LDS in his profile. Can he can point to any verse in either of these books where Jesus endorses the inhumane treatment of immigrants (documented or not) or people who are *different?* Spoiler: he canāt, because the teachings are antithetical to it. Iāve read them both.
Measles cases in the U.S. have hit a 30-year high. 1,288 confirmed infections. 38 states. 3 dead. Over 160 hospitalized. Brought to you by a government that thinks Facebook comments count as peer-reviewed science. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/make-ameri...
Thatās a rhetorical question, right?
joycevance.substack.com/p/is-public-... āIs public health deadā opens this brief communication. Like other institutions, itās been targeted by the well-worn tactic of vilifying experts, turning society against us, then propping up lunatics. No, public health isnāt dead, but itās on life support.
And letās remember that āless lethalā does not mean āno lethal.ā People have been killed, directly and indirectly, from rubber bullets, beanbags, chemical irritants, etc.
Wow! š¤© I think these guys are superheroes! What do you think about them?
And thatās all part of the plan. Cut staffing and budgets to cause agency functions to fail and people to be directly affected, delegitimizing agencies, increasing calls for privatization and monetization of essential govt functions. Republicans only want to serve corporate masters.
Thatās right. I do remember.
Another motive to piling on federal agencies is to delegitimize them in order to privatize and monetize the essential government services they provide. Setting conditions (through budget and staffing cuts) will cause these systems to fail, increasing the call for privatization and corp profit.
As Texas officials point to the National Weather Service failing to predict the amount of rain that caused this tragedy, itās fair to wonder if the cuts made to the dept that many warned about played a role here. (Now add FEMA cuts & hospital closures)
They donāt care about abdicating their responsibilities, or subjugating themselves to the Executive. They take in unregulated cash and only have to report for work 3 days/week. In 26, republicans will distract their base with fables about trans, Mexican, dog eating furries wanting to steal jobs.
āCelebratingā nothing. I served 26 years on AD plus 4 as a Midshipman in support & defense of the Constitution, only to have it crumpled up & spat upon by a puppet POTUS & his acolytes who are neither Christians, nor patriots. We are abandoning science for sorcery & lies, like everything else.
Republicans don't believe in the separation of Church and State. They do, however, believe in the separation of Jesus and Christianity.
Mike is no Abraham. Mike would fail Godās tests (in fact, he has). Now, sadly, we must all be Job and suffer inconceivable hardship and pain to prove our faith in this nation and its principles. Well, most of us. Certain classes will thrive off our struggles.
Oh ffs. Itās the obligation of government agencies, populated by experts, to protect the public from threats posed by malignant and ignorant actors. Iāve searched for health info on the internet a lot, just to see the š š© out there. Doing oneās own research, ignoring experts, is deadly.
So now itās Elmoās turn to chicken out. What a bunch of cowards. A single threat from an unhinged narcissist and these beta boys crumble into the fetal position. Yeah, the bill is an abomination; however, Elmo stands to benefit and maintain his govt contracts/subsidies. Far more important to him.
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAIDās work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
But itās not a directive to DOGE, because he didnāt end with āthank you for your attention to this matter.ā
āIn the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistanā¦ā
Mr. Trump should count himself among the lucky ones for now. Because, if he were a naturalized citizen, then he fits into almost every category of individuals to lose citizenship. But itās an evolving system of cruelty and bigotry, so maybe heāll get picked up in a later round?
Hubble Vs Webb
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
He loves the farmers as much as he loves the troopsš.
Guess this means that Judge Kacsmarykās nationwide ban on mifepristone is kaput. Who the fuck am I kidding. Of course it isnāt.
Ah, but when Canada becomes the 51st state (š), Alaska will no longer be ānoncontiguous.ā Three-dimensional chess at work!
Tourism brought $12 billion to Utah in 2022, and much of that was from visits to our 5 National Parks and the National Forests. Tourism is one of the largest industries in the state. Mike Lee does not represent Utahans. Mike Lee is an abomination, and a threat to Utahās natural beauty. Corporate š·.
And the firmās statement is likely nonsense. They claim the state only tested ā1 gallonā of their product. Inspectors collect many gallons from multiple batches, and lab techs combine aliquots from each sample for testing. A positive is always confirmed. I believe the state lab results.
www.makefoodsafe.com/another-mead... Raw milk contaminated with Campylobacter recalled. Given both FDA and USDA will be scaling back food safety inspections, weāre going to see (if not suppressed) far more of this going forward. Louis Pasteur was overratedš. John Tyndall was a hackš.
Mike Leeās vision of the future of the five National Parks in his home stateā¦a state in which I live part-time, because of its diverse geologic natural beauty.
Yes he did. And heās making good on the threat. Psychopath.
In keeping with the mission to make our armed forces *more lethal,* the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program was cut 57%. Heās killing ADSM, beneficiaries, everyday Americans and folks around the world by tanking biomedical research supported and conducted by DoD.
The whole HHS leadership is *questioning* biomedical research dating to Anton van Leeuwenhoek. RFK jr openly mocks the germ theory of disease, so there goes Pasteur, Koch, Fleming, Jennerā¦ The global impact of these scientifically-illiterate Neanderthals will be severe. Our vote is the vaccine.
The obsession with Mr. Obama will never wane.
Just south of you here in AR, rural health (clinics & small hospitals) are the only healthcare for 60+ miles for a large portion of the population. Theyāll cutback services or shutter altogether under this Medicaid cutting scheme. People will suffer & die. Same is true in MO. I recall Rep Grayson:
Another āfuck you for your serviceā from the draft-dodger.
Maybe he should read Federalist 69. Itās here if he cares to check out what the framers intended to role of Congress is with respect to committing their constituents to war, and the limit d role they f the POTUS to command them in execution of military actions. founders.archives.gov/documents/Ha...
It is the only thing that is relevant if the strikes were even remotely defensible from either a Constitutional, or legal (thinking War Powers Act) perspective. Without Congressional authorization and lacking any imminent threat, this was indefensible. Of course, Mr. Trump is probably *immune.*š
I dare the SOB to say he canāt reveal the intel, because itās classified. The fucker shares classified info like a dullard kid screeching āI know something you donāt knowā to anyone within ear/eyeshot. The defenestrated Congress will do nothing to challenge him on this wholly indefensible act.
I admit to not watching his address, instead Iāll read reports on his blathering. This is about what I expected from him. I canāt see any way to shoehorn this offensive action into the quarter century old AUMF, nor have I seen evidence of an imminent attack. A š š© strike. We were safer before it.
Thereās no way to shoehorn this offensive action into the quarter-century-old AUMF passed following the 9/11 attacks.
Indefensible. Unjustifiable use of force. Iām sure Schumer will send a strongly worded letter and Jeffries might make a harshly worded speech in the well of the House. Congress is impotent. Even republicans in Congress should be demanding an explanation. War Powers Act not applicable here.
RFK Jr. Poses a Threat to Vaccine Policy. Hereās How Doctors Are Preparing. truthout.org/articles/rfk...
Six former CDC vaccine chairs are sounding the alarmāand we better listen. The U.S. is on the brink of losing access to life-saving immunizations. When science is attacked and trust is eroded, lives will be lost. This is not a drill. This is a national emergency.
This is the most egregious breaking of our nationās promise and commitment to the men and women who risked everything to help us. Mr. Trump and his followers are ensuring we will never have support or assistance for any activities anywhere on earth. This is an evil and vile betrayal.
